Wednesday reader's view: Perilous times

H.E. Glenn

Published
10:31 am EDT, Wednesday, October 26, 2016

To the editor:

We in the United States of America are living in perilous times. If we do not anchor ourselves onto truth, we are on the brink of being swept into an immeasurable depth of chaos that will take decades from which to escape. I am World War II vintage and my heart grieves for the men and women who gave their lives for this great nation, which is being taken apart piece by piece by the Alinsky-trained president — and permitted to do so by the Republican establishment in Washington, D. C.

I do not approve of Donald Trump’s sexual escapades, nor do I approve of Hillary Clinton jeopardizing the safety or our nation, committing felonious crimes ... and not being charged for her crimes. I do believe we are facing a far greater danger than the immoral, illegal improprieties of both candidates. In the 1990s, Hillary Clinton spearheaded the illegal collection of more than 900 FBI background files on political opponents of the Clintons. She was never charged. Chuck Colson, special counselor for Richard Nixon, went to prison for improperly accessing just one background file.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were and are students of Saul Alinsky. Hillary wrote a 92-page senior honors paper on the radical community organizer. She met with Alinsky several times when she was writing her thesis. After his death in 1972, she maintained a long relationship extending into the 1990s with Alinsky’s main community organizing group called the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF). Alinsky authored a famous book titled “Rules for Radicals” that became the handbook for the radical left on how to take over America’s governing and educational institutions. (See any progress in these areas in the past eight years?)

Alinsky dedicated his book to Lucifer with this grim inscription:

“Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first Radical: from all our legends, mythology and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins — or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer”

Alinsky also said this in an interview with Playboy magazine in 1972: “Hell would be heaven to me. All my life I have been with the have-nots. Over here, if you are a have-not, you are short on dough. If you are a have-not in hell, you are short on virtue. Once I get into hell, I will start organizing the have-nots over there.” Hillary, as well as Obama, has been especially skilled at following this Alinsky rule for radicals: “True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism; the trick is to penetrate existing institutions such as churches, unions, political parties.”

Please look beyond the barrage of verbal garbage published and aired and look to the underlying, diabolical agenda Hillary Clinton has for our country. Her past record speaks loudly of her scheming ways to gain power and money without regard to humanity or country. Russia now controls 20 percent of what was U.S. uranium, thanks to Bill Clinton’s association with Canadian uranium billionaire Frank Giustra — flying together to Kazakhstan where Mr. Giustra landed a huge uranium deal. He donated $31 million to the Clinton Foundation and pledged another $100 million to the Foundation. In 2010, a Russian company wanted to buy Uranium One, which had taken over Giustra’s company. Ian Telfer, new chairman of Uranium One, secretly donated $2.35 million to the Clinton Foundation, which failed to report this money. In June 2010, Bill Clinton was paid $500,000 to deliver a speech in Moscow. In October 2010, Hillary Clinton approved the sale of Uranium One to the Russian company. The $135 million in donations the Clinton Foundation received from investors in Uranium One were never disclosed, violating Hillary’s signed deal with the Obama administration. We all know uranium is the essential element needed to make nuclear weapons (New York Times).

I remember the battles of Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Anzio, Normandy, Hurtgen Forest, Wake Island and the Battan Death March. My memories are of bravery, sacrifice of lives, of men and women who knew the people back home were standing with them in prayer and willing to sacrifice whatever to get them home. Benghazi brings memories of brave men defending a small piece of property and their lives — as they had been trained to do, doing so with bravery and loyalty to their assignment — while our nation and those brave men were lied to by two political cowards who were concerned about their political positions, power and money. I will never forget the battles of World War II nor Benghazi ... ever.

My generation survived President Roosevelt’s death in Warm Springs, Georgia, his mistress Lucy Mercer with him while Eleanor was at the White House. We made it through Gen. Dwight Eisenhhower’s escapade with his young English jeep driver, Kay Summersby, telling Gen. Omar Bradley he wanted to divorce dear Mamie. He returned home, remained married to Mamie and was elected the 34th president. Then there was the Secret Service scrambling to clear the White House swimming pool, ushering JFK’s “friends” out because Jackie had returned a day early from a trip and her car was in the White House driveway. We were embarrassed by their behavior, sometimes angry, but we survived their stupid choices and can survive Donald Trump’s stupid behavior — and pray — but our nation will be fundamentally changed into a socialist government if Hillary Clinton is elected president. Socialism: any of various social systems based on shared or government ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.

Last I want to thank John Moolenaar, a man of courage, character and integrity for committing his lifework to our government. He is greatly needed and appreciated. Please pray for our nation, the election, our men and women serving our country and our students, from K-12. We have taught them to have respect for themselves and others, to live a life of dignity and now we tell them to share bathrooms, locker rooms and showers with each other ... insanity.